Leaf upsetting and supporting device



Patented May 1, i923.

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CHARLES FARGO, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO WI sON-JO S oos LEAF COMPANY, A conronA'rIoN OF ILLINOIS.

LEAE UrsE'r'rING Ann scrron rme DEVICE.

Application filed August 13, 1917. Serial No. 185,976.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLEs R. FARG a citizen-of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, inthe county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Leaf Upsetting and Supporting Devices;

and I do hereby declare that the following 1 is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompany ing drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon,-which form a part of this specification.

It is becoming the custom in many businesses to do away with pen bookkeeping and adopt what is commonly called .machine bookkeeping. In some machine bookkeeping systems, the accounts are kept on sheets loosely arranged "in a drawer with suitable guide cards resembling an ordinary letter file. Herefore much inconvenience and annoyance, as well as loss oftime, has been occasioned by the position the sheets assume when standing on edge in a flat botj tomed box of this character making it difficult for the operator to successively re: move each sheet or leaf from the 'body of sheets or leaves. This is due to the fact thatthe'l'eaves, when inclined to the rear of the file, preparatory in posting assume a position in which the leaves nearestto operator are lower at their tops than the succeeding leaves. This is due to the inclination of the leaves at the bottom, making it necessary to reach around the sides of'the leaves or thumb them at the corners vin se;

lecting the account sheet to be posted.

It is an object of thisinvention to .provide an upset and supporting device for current use in connection with loose leaf machine posting in which a number of leaves may be upset;sothat their top edges.

assume a sharp angle inclined away from the operator thus making the edges ofthe front leaves higher than those behind. The result of this is thatthe operatormay finger the leaves at the top edges, one at a time greatly facilitating. the selection accounts and doing away with thethumbing which requires the employment of two hands.

It is further an object of this invention to provide an Tupset device and supporting device for sheets which is adapted tobe inserted in the drawer at any "desired position,

upon which asuitable number of leaves may be placed and which is automatically adjusted in the drawer by the weight of the leaves as they are shifted from one side to the other. F

It is further an object ofv-th is invention to provide a device of the class described which is adapted to support leaves thereon with the leaves next to be used elevated, and

which is adapted to have all of theleaves placed therein at the proper time, and is adjustable longitudinally in the drawer so i ceptacle containing loose leaves for the purpose here n specified, which has an adjust- Y able member adapted to assume the angle of inclination that theleaves assume and which may be readily removed when the posting is completed or whenever desired.

It is a further object of this invention to provide an upset and supporting device which will completely separate the posted and .u nposted leaves, thereby preventing themfrom binding against each other at the-bottom. I lup It is a further object to provide] a W :shaped arrangement by means of the upset and supporting vdevice thus giving in effeet two trays'in which the posted and 11nposted leaves lie on their sides thus- 'per-,-

mitting the use of light Weight ledger papers which do not curl on the platen of the machine like cards or sheets of heavy weight ledger.

Other and further important objects of this invention will be apparent from the disclosures in the specification and drawings.

The invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter more fully described.

On the drawings:

Figure 1 illustrates a closed drawer or receptacle containing loose leaves, provided with an upset and supporting device embodying my invention, showing the same stored in the compartment at the rear of the leaves.

Figure 2 illustrates the use of the same at the beginning of the posting.

Figure 3 is a transverse section taken through the drawer with the sheets in front elevation.

Figure 4 is a transverse section taken through the drawer at the rear thereof.

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary view similar to Figure 2, showing the use of the device as the posting operation proceeds.

Figure 6 is a similar view showing the post ng at a more advanced stage.

Flgure 7 is a front view of the back plate of the upsetting device.

Figure 8 is a sectional detail illustrating the assembly of the back plate with the up setting device. A

Figure 9 is a sectional View of the back plate, detached.

As shown on the drawings:

"The drawer isshown as metallic, and comprises a receptacle or drawer 1, provided with cover 2. A plate or partition 3, is hinged to the bottom of the drawer and is held in upright position when desired by a latch 4:, which is hinged to the drawer and adapted to beswung outwardly when desired, as shown i Figures 5 and 6. For the purpose of clamping the sheets or leaves in place when not in use, a partition plate 5,'1s placed at the rear of the leaves 6, and a clamping member is adjustablv secured in the drawer at the rear of the plate 5. Said glainping member comprises a channel bar 4'. having its ends 8-9, engaging on the flange or bead 10, of the drawer, and a channel member 11, having its ends 12, engaging beneath the flange or bead 10, and a clamp bolt and nut 13, firmly clamp the same in place. As shown, the front wall 14, of the channel member 11, extends downwardly to near the bottom of the drawer.

The upset and supporting device may be made of metal or other suitable material,

and is of a length a little less than the width of the drawer or box to fit loosely therein.'

Said device as shown, is constructed of a plate of metal and is shaped or bent at substantially a right angle having two oppositely disposed inclined walls 1516. integral with the lower edge of the Wall 16, are hinge lugs 17, adapted to engage detachably in apertures 18, in a back plate 19, to thereby hingedly connect the plate or table to the upset or supporting device. The back plate 19, may be provided with a lug 21, for engagement with the underside of the wall 16. The rearward movement of the plate 19, beyond the position shown in dotted'lines in Figure 8, is prevented by the lugs 17, engaging the rear face of the plate 19, and by the lug 2i contacting with the underside of the wall 16. The plate 19, may be detached from the wall 16, by moving it forwardly into contact with the wall 16, and then sliding the lugs 17, out of the apertures 18. In this position, the lug 21, is clear of the lower edge of the wall 16.

The operation is as follows:

W'hen through posting, the leaves are clamped between the partitions 3 and 5. by means of the clamp, and where the room permits, the upset and supporting device is placed in the drawer at the rear of the leaves, as shown in Figure 1. When it is desired to post or otherwise inspect 0r handle the leaves, the upset and supporting device is removed, the latch 4, swung up, and the clamp adjusted to the rear of the drawer, as shown in Figure 2. In this position, the leaves are all swung or inclined back and the upset and supporting device is inserted at the front of the leaves. A suitable quantity of leaves are then placed upon wall'16. Owing to the forward and upward inclination of the wall 16, of the device, the front leaves 20. (Figures 2 and 5), are projected abo e. the successive rear leaves, and when the front leaf 20 is removed, the next immediate leaf will be exposed elevated above the successive rear leaves and so on until all the leaves on the device have been posted or otherwise attended to.

After the bunch of leaves have been posted and transferred from wall 16 to wall 15, another bunch of leaves is removed from behind the device and placed on wall 16 providing a space which permits the weight of the leaves on wall 15 to automatically force the device along the bottom of the pivotal axis of movement of the.,plate 19, theplatc 19 will swing toward a vertlcal position, and conversely, as the follower is retracted, said plate 19 will retreat from its vertical position about its pivotal axis.

One ofthegreat advantages of this device is that it causes theleavesQO, next to be used to be in such position that they may be readily fingered without contacting other leaves. In many other devices heretofore in use, the leaves are exceedingly ditlicult to finger and usually it is necessary to make several attempts before the desired leaf is secured. Furthermore, by the use of this tray, the leaves that are disposed of are positively inclined toward the front, and cannot fall rearwardly thereby gettingcontinually in the way; in other words, the rear leaves are held and projected into position to be readily removed and the disposed of leaves are held in such position as to preclude them falling back onto the unposted leaves.

Of course, the inclination of the walls of the tray may be varied to suit the requirements, and the tray may be changed through a wide range and many details may be va ried without departing from the principles of my invention. I therefore desire to claim a device of the class described, broadly and do not desire to limit the patent granted otherwise than necessitated bythe prior art.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination of leaf upsetting means for a loose leaf receptacle, comprising an independent device adapted to be placed in the receptacle 'so as to support the leaves thereon at successively higher elevations.

2. The combination with a loose leaf receptacle, of a removable leaf upsetting device therefor adapted to be laid in the receptacle and support leaves thereon, so that the upper edges of the leaves are at successively higher elevations. I

3. The combination with a holder for loose leaves, of a leaf upsetting device therefor comprising a removable member adapted to be deposited in the holder, said member having an inclined upper face adaptedto engage the lower edges of the leaves, and support successive leaves at increasingly higher elevations. v

l. The combination with a loose leaf receptacle, of an upset and supporting device movable in the receptacle, and having oppositely inclined upper faces, and a back plate hinged thereto and movable therewith.

5. In a device, of the class described. the combination with a receptacle containing loose leaves, of an upset and supporting device therein adapted to support leaves there on, and adjustable in the receptacle automatically by the disposed-of leaves.

6. The combination with a holder for loose leaves, of a leaf-upsetting device therefor comprising a movable member adapted to be laid in the holder, and slide along thebottom thereof, said member having arearwardly inclined upper face for. supporting a portion of the leaves at successively higher elevations, and having-a front face adapted to be engaged by leaves disposed at the front. I thereofso as to slide the member rearwardly along the bottom of the loose leaf holder.

71in a leaf upsetting .dev1ce fora loose leaf receptacle. the combination of memsupporting leaves in the receptacle at successively higher elevations, and a back plate supported on said member and movable therewith to aiforda lateral support for the leaves on said inclined face. l

8. In a device of the class described the combinationwith a loose leaf receptacle, of a leaf-upsetting member slidable over the bottom of the receptacle, and a. back plate detachably mounted on said member'and movable therewith.

9. The combination with a loose lea fire ceptacle, of a leaf-upsetting member loosely supported at the bottom of the receptacle and adapted to be held, by engagement of leaves with opposite sides thereof, inthe required relative position to support a portion of the leaves sorthat each of said leaves is at a'successively higher elevation.

10. The combination with a loose leaf receptacle, of a leaf-upsetting, device in the receptacle having a back plate CO-OPelatiIig therewith to afford alateral support for the leaves on the up'setti'ngmember, and a ,follower adjustably mounted in the receptacle and-adapted to regulate the inclination of the back plate.

ceptacle having a longitudinal guide at each I side thereof, of a follower movable along said guide and comprising a pair of transverse members engaging the guides, one of said transverse members being adjustable to and from the other transverse member to.

movable upset and supporting device having inclined walls integrally connected, and a back plate detachably hinged thereto.

'14. A posting tray comprising acasing having a hingedly mounted front panel, a follow-block mounted within the casing for longitudinal sliding movement, a longitudi- I nally movable upset angle member disposed within the casing and includingla relativelysharp angular port-ion adapted to support 105 11. The combination with a loose leaf rethe lower edges of sheets resting on said angle member.

15. The combination with a receptacle having an inclinable support at one end, a removable leaf-upsetting device slidable relatively to said support and comprising a member having upwardly converging surfaces for forming oppositely disposed leafsupports.

16. In a device of the class described, a pair of inolinable and relatively adjustable supports, and a removable leaf-upsetting device shiftable between said supports, said device having upwardly converging surfaces for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES R. FARGO. Witnesses FRED E. PAESLER, CHARLES W. HILLs, Jr. 

